Trans Mountain, with its pipeline threatened in Jasper wildfire, has long said wildfire risk is ‘low’
Despite a wildfire risk deemed ‘low,’ the Trans Mountain pipeline ended up among ‘critical infrastructure’...
The Vancouver park board is endangered. Should it be saved?
Despite the park board’s ‘no-fun’ reputation, it created some of Canada’s best-known public spaces. Now...
Can bans on boats — including canoes and kayaks — stop a tiny shellfish from wreaking havoc across Canada?
Last November, researchers at Manitoba’s Riding Mountain National Park made a discovery they had been...
BC Conservative Leader says his party would kill ‘nonsense’ plans for new protected areas
As the BC Conservatives surge in the polls, party leader John Rustad — kicked out...
For years, Manitoba stalled on protecting nature. Here’s what you need to know as it vows to change course
Progress on conservation faltered under Manitoba’s previous government. Will the NDP make good on its...
Manitoba funds mining exploration in threatened caribou habitat inside provincial park
New mineral claims within Grass River Provincial Park raise questions about the impacts of the...
B.C. counted poorly protected old-growth forests toward conservation targets, researchers say
The province counted most old-growth management areas towards its 30-by-30 conservation targets. A new report...
An illusion of protection in the Rockies
In this week’s newsletter, we chat with Prairies reporter Drew Anderson about two stories from...
Tourists’ cars line these Rocky Mountain roads. Soon logging trucks will haul the trees away
It was supposed to be a place where competing interests could coexist. Now pressures on...
